Shoe Fans Gathering in Taipei, Taiwan!

The mother of all shoe fans gathering took place today, Nov.9, in Taipei Taiwan. Named 十人十色 (10 Individuals, 10 Flavors), the event was co-sponsored by John Lobb Taiwan, MClassic (St.Crispin distributor), Timeless Fashions (G&G distributor), and Gentry (Taiwanese online fashion forum, a Chinese version of SF or sorts). A conference room in the chic W Hotel Taipei was rented out for the day to display the sponsors` shoes, and more importantly, the dazzling collection of shoes gathered from local Taiwanese shoe aficionados. I had the privilege to be invited to the event, and I also contributed some of my own shoes for display.

The event itself was non-commercial in nature (no transactions), and visitors were encouraged to touch, compare, and discuss between shoes from 20 or so brands, hi and low ends, bespoke and RTW, new and used. Pretty amazed by the number of shoe aficionados in Taiwan who showed up, and I was told that through the past two incarnations (the previous one took place in Summer), the scale of this event has doubled.Warning: Spoiler!(Click to show)

John Lobb Booth

Gaziano & Girling

A wall of Gaziano & Girling shoes. Must have been close to 40 pairs.

Saint Crispin`s booth

Saint Crispin`s Seemless Wholecut

Herring Shoes display

Famaco polishes, from France

Table full of shoes borrowed from local shoe owners

G&G agent and JLP rep in shoe discussion....

Family outing.... a lot of men actually brought their families to the event

Everyone expected JLP to bring some or all of their bespoke samples from their Taipei boutique, but they didn`t...... your`s would have been saved the day
Several guys I met today actually asked about you....